The long and short of it is that it's a pokemon roguelike, if the title didn't give it away. Gameplay is super addicting and the replayability is there with the amount of pokemon and RNG involved. I binged this game over the last 2+ weeks and got to near wave 3000 of endless and completed probably a dozen classic runs.
I'd say play it but consider holding off as so many things need to be implemented still and it's somewhat of a buggy mess. Endless mode becomes a chore after awhile, there needs to be more progression and mechanics to award players for runs and successes, and the devs need to continue their hard work keeping the servers alive (why is this a browser game???) and rolling out more updates and features. I'm a sucker for pokemon so I like this a lot, and I can see myself coming back later on once it's more fleshed out and cleanly implemented.

A fun game that I am absolutely terrible at, and I don't see that changing much. Roguelikes typically have some way to give less experienced players a push in the right direction, like good RNG for helpful items or, more divisively, meta progression. This isn't that kind of game, if you're not a great Pokémon player you won't make it very far at all. Sorry to be the one asking for an easy mode, but I think it would go a long way towards motivating less experienced players to improve. As it stands, I'll leave this one to the pros.

changed to unrated what a shit show.
Sam announced his departure from the project

The general chat on the Discord descended into chaos, with many people bashing Sam for his religious beliefs

People started spamming trans rights in the chat, which resulted in some people responding with transphobia

A mod tried to shut it down by targeting the people spamming trans rights, rather than the transphobic comments. They referred to the trans topic as something that makes some people uncomfortable, which pissed off the trans community

The one active mod began shutting down chats, with the community finding a workaround by creating threads. There was a general resentment for the mod due to their comment on trans stuff. The mod continued to double down on his stance before apologising a couple of hours later

Speculation began that the mod team was generally not supportive of trans people. Around this time, someone leaked a chat with Sam showing his negative stance on LGBT+, supporting the speculation

A couple of new mods came online and tried to assure everybody that the issue was being dealt with. One of them (newly appointed community manager) quit within a couple of hours due to in fighting between mods and being told to play PR on the LGBT+ stuff despite being LGBT+ themselves.

Despite calls for the mod team to take a strong ‘no bigotry’ stance, the mod team put out a statement banning all political talk, making it clear they intend to sit on the fence on this issue

Good shit. Addictive gameplay loop with nigh-infinite possibilities for teambuilding. Only gripe is that it's pretty grindy, the candy costs for unlocking passives are STEEP. That said, it's still possible to beat classic without anything unlocked with smart play and knowledge of the type chart. Also just thought I'd mention winning classic is probably one of the most rewarding things I've ever experienced in a game. I won't spoil it, but it'll have you grinning ear to ear.

There is a second mode, endless. Unfortunately, it relies on cheese strats to get to the later levels due to the amount of bullshit it throws at you so I just stick to classic.

Giving it minus half a star because the endless mode is not my cup of tea, but classic is still worth beating at least once imo.

Shame about all the discord drama.

We got milkshake ducked, this sucks. I can’t consciously endorse a project where the entire team chooses to espouse transphobia as if it is an “opinion.” Also if a pokemon fan game is taking time away from your faith you either have fallen into 1990s televangelism moral panic or have such pisspoor time management that you can’t set like 2 mind aside to pray. This sucks. The community was in love with this game but bigoted creators ruin anything. Fuck a pokemon battle this a long life battle with yourself.

A falta de vencer al jefe final, ya he completado casi todo lo que Pokerogue ofrece y he de decir que me fascina lo sencillo que han hecho todo. Tiene un mérito acojonante el haber hecho un juego así, en navegador, con la cantidad de opciones que te ofrece y que sea tan divertido y fácil de jugar. Engancha que da gusto y recompensa al jugador lo justo para que no se venga arriba por haber hecho un par de partidas buenas. Si os mola Pokémon os va a encantar aunque no os gusten los roguelike (dado que a mí no me suelen gustar) y si no os gusta Pokémon... Probadlo, porque al eliminar el factor aventura a lo mejor sois capaces de disfrutarlo y verlo desde otro prisma.